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they feel like mitt romney is the republican's best general election candidate and the obama campaign as evidenced by that has been targeting him from the start. >> thank you. >>> right now the battle over voters suppression is taking center stage. thousands of people, this is some of the video you see coming out of alabama. this is the anniversary of the 1965 selma to montgomery march. voter id laws could disenfranchise as many as five million voters. reverend al sharpton is part of those leading the march. >>> here is a look at the boards. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first investing homepage that shows you where all your investments are and what they're doing with free streaming quotes, news, analysis and even your trade ticket. everything exactly the way you want it, all on one page. transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditiona
they feel like mitt romney is the republican's best general election candidate and the obama campaign as evidenced by that has been targeting him from the start. >> thank you. >>> right now the battle over voters suppression is taking center stage. thousands of people, this is some of the video you see coming out of alabama. this is the anniversary of the 1965 selma to montgomery march. voter id laws could disenfranchise as many as five million voters. reverend al sharpton is...
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i hope voters vote against him. >> this is up to the voters in the end to make their decision on who's an idiot, but with so much out there and so many other issues, and i hate to be the person who says what about health care, but there is something more important happening. this guy wants to talk about whether the president should issue an apology. >> let's put the moron police on congress. >>> today, sarah palin is now the former governor of alaska. >> her resignation became official yesterday in fairbanks. she gave a fiery good-bye where she criticized the media and took a dig at hollywood, and explained why she decided to leave a year and a half early. >> it is because i love alaska this much, sir, that i feel that it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical, politics as usual, lame duck session in one's last year in office. how does that benefit you? >> what is next for sarah palin? according to our spokeswoman, nothing, quote, there is absolutely nothing planned after today. no meetings planned, no flights booked, nothing. but she is expected to attend an event in california
i hope voters vote against him. >> this is up to the voters in the end to make their decision on who's an idiot, but with so much out there and so many other issues, and i hate to be the person who says what about health care, but there is something more important happening. this guy wants to talk about whether the president should issue an apology. >> let's put the moron police on congress. >>> today, sarah palin is now the former governor of alaska. >> her...
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white catholic voters, this will help the obama folks. >> that is what you guys don't get. it's already an issue in pennsylvania as a civil liberties issue. >> forcing a government imposed religious view. >> but this is a government imposed vaginal inspection. >> mark will leave it there what now? two top members of congress say the deadly ohio shooting in the school will not change gun regulations. that is next on "now." >>> coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," our exclusive interview with republican srnts olympia snowe, the long time maine senator will join me. her announcement may well be the most important political story, it may mean that the democrats have a better shot at holding on to the senate. we will be back on "andrea mitchell reports." one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool. now available on your phone. get a free quote today. >> so therefore by your definition, he is not a christian? >> again, you have
white catholic voters, this will help the obama folks. >> that is what you guys don't get. it's already an issue in pennsylvania as a civil liberties issue. >> forcing a government imposed religious view. >> but this is a government imposed vaginal inspection. >> mark will leave it there what now? two top members of congress say the deadly ohio shooting in the school will not change gun regulations. that is next on "now." >>> coming up next on...
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many of those voters don't trust president obama because they think he's muslim. steve king, a republican congressman from iowa joins me next to explain why his constituents are so wrong. >>> on the eve of cpac, a family values crisis hits the republican party. chris lee abruptly resigned after this photo of him surfaced. a photo he allegedly sent responding to an ad on craigslist. with stelara®. for adults, stelara® helps control moderate or severe plaque psoriasis with 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. in a medical study, 7 out of 10 stelara® patients saw at least 75% clearer skin at 12 weeks. and 6 out of 10 patients had their plaque psoriasis rated as cleared or minimal at 12 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. some serious infections require hospitalization. before starting stelara®, your doctor should test for tuberculosis. stelara® may increase your risk of cancer. always tell your doctor if you have any sign of infection, or have had cancer. alert your doctor of new or worsening proble
many of those voters don't trust president obama because they think he's muslim. steve king, a republican congressman from iowa joins me next to explain why his constituents are so wrong. >>> on the eve of cpac, a family values crisis hits the republican party. chris lee abruptly resigned after this photo of him surfaced. a photo he allegedly sent responding to an ad on craigslist. with stelara®. for adults, stelara® helps control moderate or severe plaque psoriasis with 4 doses a...
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many of those voters don't trust president obama because they think he's muslim. steve king, a republican congressman from iowa joins me next to explain why his constituents are so wrong. >>> on the eve of cpac, a family values crisis hits the republican party. chris lee abruptly resigned after this photo of him surfaced.ç a photo he allegedly sent responding to an ad on craigslist. t's here. whoa! that achy cold needs alka-seltzer plus! it rushes multiple cold fighters, plus a powerful pain reliever, wherever you need it! [ both ] ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ hey ♪ what you do to me ♪ what you do to me ♪ hey ♪ all i see ♪ yeah [ male announcer ] you know all about her. ♪ it's new to me, yeah [ male announcer ] we know all about diamonds. together we'll find the perfect gift this valentine's day. ♪ you don't know [ male announcer ] that's why only zales is the diamond store. >>> a republican focus group in iowa reveals how many republicans believe the lie that the president is a muslim. i'll ask iowa republican congressman steve king why his con
many of those voters don't trust president obama because they think he's muslim. steve king, a republican congressman from iowa joins me next to explain why his constituents are so wrong. >>> on the eve of cpac, a family values crisis hits the republican party. chris lee abruptly resigned after this photo of him surfaced.ç a photo he allegedly sent responding to an ad on craigslist. t's here. whoa! that achy cold needs alka-seltzer plus! it rushes multiple cold fighters, plus a...
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skpes 56% of obama voter who is sat out. saying democrats enacting tighter restrictions on wall street would be more likely to vote for a democrat in the mid-term elections. the senior adviser saying that passing some form of health care is better than passing nothing at all and saying that jobs are a key part of the new way forward. we need to move forward aggressively continuing with job creation and on financial reform he told the post we should finish health care because the caricature of that bill is there and everyone who voted for it will have to live with that. that's to pass the bill and let people see the value of it. the president himself in an interview with george stephanopoulos all but declaring paul kirk a lame duck in senate majority leader reed agreed that health care reform until senator brown has been seated. >> the same thing that swept scott brown into office swept me into office. people are angry and frustrated. not just what happened in the last year or two years, but the last eight years. >> what is t
skpes 56% of obama voter who is sat out. saying democrats enacting tighter restrictions on wall street would be more likely to vote for a democrat in the mid-term elections. the senior adviser saying that passing some form of health care is better than passing nothing at all and saying that jobs are a key part of the new way forward. we need to move forward aggressively continuing with job creation and on financial reform he told the post we should finish health care because the caricature of...
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many of those voters don't trust president obama because they think he's muslim. steve king, a republican congressman from iowa joins me next to explain why his constituents are so wrong. >>> on the eve of cpac, a family values crisis hits the republican party. chris lee abruptly resigned after this photo of him surfaced. a photo he allegedly sent responding to an ad on craigslist. ♪ you don't know [ male announcer ] you know her. ♪ hey, what you do to me [ male announcer ] we know diamonds. together we'll find the perfect gift this valentine's day. ♪ you don't know [ male announcer ] that's why only zales is the diamond store. just don't feel like they used to. are you one of them? remember when you had more energy for 18 holes with your buddies. more passion for the one ya love. more fun with your family and friends. it could be a treatable condition called low testosterone or low t. come on, stop living in the shadows. you've got a life to live. [ male announcer ] so don't blame it on aging. talk to your doctor and go to isitlowt.com to find out more. >>>
many of those voters don't trust president obama because they think he's muslim. steve king, a republican congressman from iowa joins me next to explain why his constituents are so wrong. >>> on the eve of cpac, a family values crisis hits the republican party. chris lee abruptly resigned after this photo of him surfaced. a photo he allegedly sent responding to an ad on craigslist. ♪ you don't know [ male announcer ] you know her. ♪ hey, what you do to me [ male announcer ] we know...
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does that typically persuade voters, the perception of a good campaign? >> i think it does. it suggests he can manage a big undertaking because a presidential campaign is large and messy, trust me. he managed it with great success in 2008. beating hillary clinton, coming out of nowhere, defeating john mccain. there were very few mistakes common about bitter and guns and religion in pennsylvania was certainly one mistake. he didn't make very many mistakes that whole time. >> john, putting bad campaigners aside for a minute, let's talk about reluctant campaigners. i think the skill set to be a good campaigner and the skill set to be a good leader might be in direct opposition to someone. if someone is a reluctant salesman, humble and reluctant to take the spotlight, that might make him a good leader. george washington had to be convinced to take the job the first time, was reluctant to take it the second and refused the third and had to be convinced to take a salary. obviously, he was one of our better presidents. >> he was maybe greatest by some standards. that was a differen
does that typically persuade voters, the perception of a good campaign? >> i think it does. it suggests he can manage a big undertaking because a presidential campaign is large and messy, trust me. he managed it with great success in 2008. beating hillary clinton, coming out of nowhere, defeating john mccain. there were very few mistakes common about bitter and guns and religion in pennsylvania was certainly one mistake. he didn't make very many mistakes that whole time. >> john,...
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. >> it's interesting she chose to tackle what she called obama-care. a lot of conservatives are furious it passed. they think this will be a big issue come november and that voters will vote out representatives because of the health care bill. i'm curious because now the focusing is changing. the president is pushing foreclosure help for families. we'll be talking jobs in congress. do you still see health care as being this driving talker come october? >> i don't think there's any way it will absorb the oxygen it has the last couple of weeks. other issues will come to the forebetween now and august when everybody breaks and starts campaigning in earn theeestarne. democrats will talk about it in terms of the economy. republicans, especially hard core republicans, who see they've gained traction in blocking obama and the democrats will keep talking about repealing and restoring, repealing and replacing with something else. they will talk about it. if you forced me to bet, i think there will be plechbnty of othe issues that intervene. >> it has been healt
. >> it's interesting she chose to tackle what she called obama-care. a lot of conservatives are furious it passed. they think this will be a big issue come november and that voters will vote out representatives because of the health care bill. i'm curious because now the focusing is changing. the president is pushing foreclosure help for families. we'll be talking jobs in congress. do you still see health care as being this driving talker come october? >> i don't think there's any...
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president obama is at 61% with latino voters. mitt romney is running at 27%. now mitt romney bravely pretended to answer the now weak-old question that no one, no one, has been able to get him to answer. >> now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on day one but didn't. i think you deserve better. some people have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. >> of course, the solution to the problem would require a new piece of legislation and romney did not say whether he would allow the president's executive order stopping deportations to stay in effect until romney was able to replace it with a legislative solution. so once again, mitt romney did not answer the question about what he would do on day one about the president's executive order. here is romney's outline of his so-called long-term solution. >> it's critical that we redouble our efforts to secure the border
president obama is at 61% with latino voters. mitt romney is running at 27%. now mitt romney bravely pretended to answer the now weak-old question that no one, no one, has been able to get him to answer. >> now the president has been seized by an overwhelming need to do what he could have done on day one but didn't. i think you deserve better. some people have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that...
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>> well, yeah, turns out that house republicans and at least one speaker at the values voter summit going on here in washington are resurrecting the obama celebrity theme to attack his upcoming weekend tv blitz. the national republican campaign committee today sent out an e-mail reading, "celebrity sunday is almost upon us. and while many will have no choice but to tune in the numbers continue to show at a people are tuning the president out." and then there was this from former gop presidential candidate mike huckabee this morning. >> it is almost difficult to recognize, we have become the land of czars, clunker cars and hollywood stars. >> all right. is this more politics or just jealousy over the president's ability to dominate the air waves? here to make their case, a correspondent for the nation and national staff member for the 2004 john kerry presidential campaign and amanda carpenter, reporter and blogger for the washington times. all right. amanda, i think that mike huckabee forgot to add in there, he could make it rhyme, pointing out that there is someone in "dancing with the st
>> well, yeah, turns out that house republicans and at least one speaker at the values voter summit going on here in washington are resurrecting the obama celebrity theme to attack his upcoming weekend tv blitz. the national republican campaign committee today sent out an e-mail reading, "celebrity sunday is almost upon us. and while many will have no choice but to tune in the numbers continue to show at a people are tuning the president out." and then there was this from former...
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. >> when you speak to the people you represent over the holidays, and some of them, obama voters are discouraged by what they think is an obama defeat in giving up on this top tax bracket in this negotiation. what is it that you'll say to them? >> well, i don't think i have to sell this much at home, and let me tell you why, and you know my district very well. one out of five people that i represent is unemployed. the state of nevada has been slammed with the highest unemployment rate in the country. if we don't extend these unemployment benefits, i can't imagine what nevada families, particularly the people in my congressional district are going to do. forget over the holidays, what are they going to do next year zm also, even though vegas as you know, is is the most glitry, glitzy town on the planet. it's also a working class town. i represent dealers, waiters, waitresses, keno runners, cocktail waitresses, valets, showgirls. they're middle income wage earners, they need to get this tax cut extended. it is it good for them. you know a lot of the women that work in las vegas, they'r
. >> when you speak to the people you represent over the holidays, and some of them, obama voters are discouraged by what they think is an obama defeat in giving up on this top tax bracket in this negotiation. what is it that you'll say to them? >> well, i don't think i have to sell this much at home, and let me tell you why, and you know my district very well. one out of five people that i represent is unemployed. the state of nevada has been slammed with the highest unemployment...
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they are look iing for the best person to beat barack obama. voters are looking at what happened in new hampshire and iowa. if they have questions about faith or any other issue, they are going to ask him and vet him out. the spotlight will be on south carolina. >> the voters in south carolina is very different. two-thirds attend church every week. seven-tenths believe abortion should be illegal. here is mitt romney's take on that. >> there are people who want to elect a commander in chief, they are not worried about a pastor in chief. it's not what i'm running for. >> good argument, dick? >> not in south carolina. he got through iowa and new hampshire without negative tv. what's going to happen here, newt is already doing it, the idea that mitt romney is the gordon gekko of capitalism, greed is good. we are going to hear about a business up in gaffeny, 200 people, the company that owned it put them in bankruptcy and put them out of work in south carolina. this idea that he's going to try to defend it saying i'm a capitalist. greed is good, put
they are look iing for the best person to beat barack obama. voters are looking at what happened in new hampshire and iowa. if they have questions about faith or any other issue, they are going to ask him and vet him out. the spotlight will be on south carolina. >> the voters in south carolina is very different. two-thirds attend church every week. seven-tenths believe abortion should be illegal. here is mitt romney's take on that. >> there are people who want to elect a commander...
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we'll put up the graphic about the independent voters, because it shows that obama's approval rating is slipping down to 43% since july down ten points. the issue he has here in the democratic party, he has a left that really wants the fundamental change he campaigned on, but he wants the reality among independent voter and central democrats that say we are spending a lot of money here. it is just a difficult time to take on all this. what is his message to his party right now? >> well this is a framing challenge. there's no question about that. there are just a couple things i would say. one, in terms of health care itself to me one way to frame it, there's a huge competition. who needs health care more than american business today? taking the burden off business so they can compete globally. and that is to me an independent/republican issue that tends to be more of a democratic left issue. the second is i keep coming back to this point. if he doesn't have republicans already saying yes for an answer, let's work with the administration. you can hear that the public option isn't goin
we'll put up the graphic about the independent voters, because it shows that obama's approval rating is slipping down to 43% since july down ten points. the issue he has here in the democratic party, he has a left that really wants the fundamental change he campaigned on, but he wants the reality among independent voter and central democrats that say we are spending a lot of money here. it is just a difficult time to take on all this. what is his message to his party right now? >> well...
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hey, voter, gingrich or obama? then the voter responds by going, let me think, okay, obama. if you ask voters about a race between barack obama and mitt romney, you get this. this other graph here on the bottom. that conversation goes something like this. pollster says, hey, voter, mitt romney or barack obama? the voter says, hmm, romney or obama, romney or obama? let me think about that. i think probably obama, but let me think about that. in the end, mitt romney trailing the president by just over two points which in this scale is a statistical tie. with the economy this much in the doldrums, president obama is not a lock for re-election. he knows it. the door is wide open for a likable, reasonable, adult republican to at least run a credible campaign. instead, national republicans have fought their way from having a front-runner the party really doesn't like to having another front-runner who is this guy. who's newt. newt gingrich. center of attention on the "washington post" editorial page today and the same way the guy in handcuffs is the center of attention at a perp w
hey, voter, gingrich or obama? then the voter responds by going, let me think, okay, obama. if you ask voters about a race between barack obama and mitt romney, you get this. this other graph here on the bottom. that conversation goes something like this. pollster says, hey, voter, mitt romney or barack obama? the voter says, hmm, romney or obama, romney or obama? let me think about that. i think probably obama, but let me think about that. in the end, mitt romney trailing the president by just...
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now when we hear him talk about voters he didn't just say he was bought off, that obama won their votes through bribery. he said i ran a campaign of big ideas. so they are the moochers, they are victims who will pay them the most. in the end what happens, mitt romney portrays himself as a victim of the victims. so just confirms all the worst impressions from the 47% rant and now you have republicans running away from him and basically saying hey don't let the car elevator door hit you on the way out. >> let me go to one thoughtful conservative. who i usually agree with. he's a smart guy. he writes for "the weekly standard." it seems to me that he has a pretty good point. he says romney's whole campaign was aimed at what he called entrepreneurs, job creators, titans. if you ignore all the people who work for a living, work 400 or whatever, do their jobs. most people are like that. he said if you live in your party simply to people who see themselves as, you know, titans of industry you're going to have a very, very small notion of america. very small electorate working for you. >> this w
now when we hear him talk about voters he didn't just say he was bought off, that obama won their votes through bribery. he said i ran a campaign of big ideas. so they are the moochers, they are victims who will pay them the most. in the end what happens, mitt romney portrays himself as a victim of the victims. so just confirms all the worst impressions from the 47% rant and now you have republicans running away from him and basically saying hey don't let the car elevator door hit you on the...
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voters in these things have legs, just ask the president. >>> plus with over 50 coalition troops killed by uniformed afghans this year alone, nato has taken the remarkable step. we have suspended joint operations. we are live in kabul. >>> and are donors being fooled by political phishing scams, how some websites are being used to divert money into their own covers it is tuesday, september 18, 2012 this is the daily run down, i'm chuck todd. 49 dies go my first reads of the morning. >>> rough ten days for mitt romney, the president gets a notable convention bounce a bad jobs report seemed to have no illinompact on the electorate. romney's response to libya and egypt, widely band. infighting in the the romney campaign goes public. now this a newly leaked video obtained by "mother jones" and later nbc news, shows romney at a florida fund-raiser in may. nbc news has learned it was secretly recorded at a $50,000 a plate fund-raiser at the boca raton home of private equity mogul mark later. take a look. >> the obama campaign immediate pounced. "it is shocking that a candidate for president o
voters in these things have legs, just ask the president. >>> plus with over 50 coalition troops killed by uniformed afghans this year alone, nato has taken the remarkable step. we have suspended joint operations. we are live in kabul. >>> and are donors being fooled by political phishing scams, how some websites are being used to divert money into their own covers it is tuesday, september 18, 2012 this is the daily run down, i'm chuck todd. 49 dies go my first reads of the...
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but -- >> who were soft obama voters or who voted for mitt romney, the 16% who did. that's a great way to peel off the 5 or ten points to put yourself above everything. >> washington's being done this for a longtime and california, 2012 is the first time they did it. we had some republican on republican, democrat on democrat. and we don't know yet, right, it's going to probably take a decade to find out, does the entire california delegation essentially shift to the center? >> yes. and as a matter of fact, a lot of the political science disagrees with this based on louisiana and the history of how they are sort -- this is not a moderate delegation. >> arguably this is a one party state. >> it's not a moderate delegation, but that's why. a lot of the problem with part san ship that we have talked about the money that has flowed into politics is because the parties are weaker now than they have ever been. the whole idea of the blanket primary was sfruk gown by the supreme court in an effort by the parties to reassert themselves. this is the end run around that law that
but -- >> who were soft obama voters or who voted for mitt romney, the 16% who did. that's a great way to peel off the 5 or ten points to put yourself above everything. >> washington's being done this for a longtime and california, 2012 is the first time they did it. we had some republican on republican, democrat on democrat. and we don't know yet, right, it's going to probably take a decade to find out, does the entire california delegation essentially shift to the center? >>...
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both sides will be disappointed that barack obama has not done something better. some argue he saved us from the depression but it's not where we want to be. the ads that take the lines out of context, you didn't build that. the private sector is fine and all this stuff. it plays on that. and ron is exactly right. the real problem here is that you can get aways with this. a lot of people won't say in the major media you're lying, this is wrong, this is unfair and we're going to treat you as we would a child who lies in this way. and send you to your room and not pay attention to you seriously. so the voices don't counteract us. it's just the campaigns doing it again and again. >> it's like the old joke about the older woman who says i'm not voting for goldwater because he's going to take away my tv. and the accommodation says, no, he'll get rid of the tv-a. she says i'm not taking any chances. anyway, matt lauer questioned him about the negative turn this campaign is taking. especially by him. let's watch. >> it seems like one wave of negative ads after another ar
both sides will be disappointed that barack obama has not done something better. some argue he saved us from the depression but it's not where we want to be. the ads that take the lines out of context, you didn't build that. the private sector is fine and all this stuff. it plays on that. and ron is exactly right. the real problem here is that you can get aways with this. a lot of people won't say in the major media you're lying, this is wrong, this is unfair and we're going to treat you as we...
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obama/biden leads romney/rubio among hispanic voters 52-37%. joining me now, voto latino executive director and msnbc contributor maria teresa kumar, and msnbc political analyst, steve schmidt, is back. steve, i start with you when i outline these grim looking numbers for republican strategists because i just imagine republican strategists like you in the romney campaign office tonight looking at those numbers saying how do we do this? look at what we've done to the latino vote with our positions. how can we possibly get them back? >> if you look at the republican party as a whole, there are big sections of it that if we had a deliberate strategy to antagonize every latino voter in this country, it's not possible that we could have done a better job. if you look at the fact that george bush got 40% of the latino vote, it fell off to 32% for john mccain, and you look at a further dropoff for mitt romney, this is the fastest growing demographic in the country. republicans are going to have to compete in the hispanic community. republicans are goi
obama/biden leads romney/rubio among hispanic voters 52-37%. joining me now, voto latino executive director and msnbc contributor maria teresa kumar, and msnbc political analyst, steve schmidt, is back. steve, i start with you when i outline these grim looking numbers for republican strategists because i just imagine republican strategists like you in the romney campaign office tonight looking at those numbers saying how do we do this? look at what we've done to the latino vote with our...
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but polls show voters are turning against this war in a hurry. a clock is ticking for president obama to reframe the war in afghanistan, our goal there is, and what success looks like. tonight, we'll debate the president's counterinsurgency strategy and whether the mission in afghanistan as defined right now is worth the blood and treasure. and on our other war front, the kpander of american forces in iraq. general odoerno, he's saying it's yet to be determined if that war was a sacrifice. a stunning statement from the top general in that war. >>> pro football star turned army ranger pat tillman kill in a friendly fire incident in 2004, a new documentary chronicles the fight to uncover the truth about what really happened. pat tillman's mother will be here tonight. also, how the 14th amendment is playing on the campaign trail, and how labor can guarantee its own supporters to vote democrat this november. let's start with the mission in afghanistan and the selling of this war. david gregory asked general petraeus about the looming withdraw deadlin
but polls show voters are turning against this war in a hurry. a clock is ticking for president obama to reframe the war in afghanistan, our goal there is, and what success looks like. tonight, we'll debate the president's counterinsurgency strategy and whether the mission in afghanistan as defined right now is worth the blood and treasure. and on our other war front, the kpander of american forces in iraq. general odoerno, he's saying it's yet to be determined if that war was a sacrifice. a...
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obama 57% to john mccain's 42%. black voters in florida went for mr. obama 96% to john mccain's -- is that right? oh, yeah, 4%. if you are a republican in florida, wouldn't it be great to just be able to reduce the number of those people who are registered to vote? to reduce the number of people who get registered in that way, by reducing the means by which they get registered? the obama reelection campaign has posted online a new strategy video. they say it's their strategy for how they plan to win reelection for president obama in this next election. they posted it online yesterday, president obama's campaign manager is jim mecina. he explains the first thing, the first priority, step one of what president obama's campaign needs to do to win reelection in 2012, step one, what do they need to do first? expand the electorate. meaning, register people to vote who aren't already registered. how are they going to do that in florida? joining us now is senior counsel with the democracy program at the brennan center for justice. nice to have you here. >> tha
obama 57% to john mccain's 42%. black voters in florida went for mr. obama 96% to john mccain's -- is that right? oh, yeah, 4%. if you are a republican in florida, wouldn't it be great to just be able to reduce the number of those people who are registered to vote? to reduce the number of people who get registered in that way, by reducing the means by which they get registered? the obama reelection campaign has posted online a new strategy video. they say it's their strategy for how they plan...
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it shows he pulled one point of obama in likely women voters in those states. the obama team was quick to pounce on the last stats calling the "usa today" poll flawed and inaccurate. in this guest spot today politi politico's reporter james hol n holman. they have mitt romney ahead in ten battleground states. when romney was down, all we heard from some republicans is the polls were flawed. now that gallup has romney ahead, the obama campaign is complaining about polls. how are voters supposed to make heads or tails of these numbers? >> well, the races remain shockingly static. the numbers are so stubborn. we've been polling every single week, and even before the debate it was basically what it is now. the top line number nationally not looking at the swing states, obama is still ahead 49/48. that's a statistical tie the same as it was the week before. we're stunned at how polarized the electorate is. most have made up their minds. for example, 75% of americans think romney won the first debate, only 16% think obama did. a vast majority say it no impact on thei
it shows he pulled one point of obama in likely women voters in those states. the obama team was quick to pounce on the last stats calling the "usa today" poll flawed and inaccurate. in this guest spot today politi politico's reporter james hol n holman. they have mitt romney ahead in ten battleground states. when romney was down, all we heard from some republicans is the polls were flawed. now that gallup has romney ahead, the obama campaign is complaining about polls. how are voters...
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earlier this month, virginia voters favored romney over obama by 3 points, and santorum was scoring 4 points ahead of president obama. the virginia poll released today was taken after virginia's republican governor bob mcdonnell indicated he would sign legislation that would require women to receive a transvaginal ultrasound before undergoing an abortion. as protests mounted over that highly invasive government action, the governor who has an eye on the presidential slot yesterday began his retreat. mandating an invasive procedure is not a mandatory thing. no woman will have to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound involuntarily. but for virginia republicans alienating women and last night's presidential debate spending more time on contraception and senate procedure than it did on the economy, president obama today couldn't resist a bemused reference to the republican candidates while addressing rising gas prices. >> since it's an election year, they're already dusting off their three-point plan for $2 gas. and i'll save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill, an
earlier this month, virginia voters favored romney over obama by 3 points, and santorum was scoring 4 points ahead of president obama. the virginia poll released today was taken after virginia's republican governor bob mcdonnell indicated he would sign legislation that would require women to receive a transvaginal ultrasound before undergoing an abortion. as protests mounted over that highly invasive government action, the governor who has an eye on the presidential slot yesterday began his...
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the latinos supported president obama and democratic candidates in general by record margins in 200 2008. this is the kind of issue that can generate enthusiasm and passion among voters of the nation's biggest and fastest-growing minority group. make that into a more solid even democratic constituency. that has to be to their credit. there a lot of shows that overall there was a majority of u.s. voters that favored the arizona law. obviously it works the other way as well. you will have to lock at specific races. you can think of house races, for example, where latinos are a big part of the voting population. this could make a material difference in the fall. you can think of other state-wide contests in which it could play the other way. >> in fact what you could see is say short-term effect that favors the anti-immigration forces, but long-term demographically democratic pears and those who oppose the arizona law would clearly have advantages just as we saw in 1994 and pete pills on's race in california with the support of that. how long-term it hurt the republican party in california.
the latinos supported president obama and democratic candidates in general by record margins in 200 2008. this is the kind of issue that can generate enthusiasm and passion among voters of the nation's biggest and fastest-growing minority group. make that into a more solid even democratic constituency. that has to be to their credit. there a lot of shows that overall there was a majority of u.s. voters that favored the arizona law. obviously it works the other way as well. you will have to lock...
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younger voters, with independents. that's not what we saw last night. i doubt that's what we'll see if we go through several months of this protracted and ugly primary. >> i think it's a very disappointing performance by mitt romney after all that investment and so many years and that's all he's got to show for it. katrina vandal heuvel, richard wolffe. thanks for your time this evening. >>> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on twitter @skrn edshow. >>> newt gingrich is going after mitt romney and willing to join forces to take him down. >>> later, i predicted rick santorum would win iowa on monday. well, i was close. he did win the night. just a few votes short. where does santorum go from here? jonathan alter, joy-ann reid and bill burton coming up. stay with us. multi-benefit plus deep clean. you feel it working, so you know you're ready for whatever the day brings. compared to ordinary toothpaste, you feel a deeper clean. up to a two times cleaner feeling. new
younger voters, with independents. that's not what we saw last night. i doubt that's what we'll see if we go through several months of this protracted and ugly primary. >> i think it's a very disappointing performance by mitt romney after all that investment and so many years and that's all he's got to show for it. katrina vandal heuvel, richard wolffe. thanks for your time this evening. >>> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts...
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it's no surprise that president obama would win a big majority of american voters, but ver owe is kind of intense, right? obama and palin got 4%. what are they going? not much, but the fols charge that president obama weakened welfare giving away this hard working white man's money to lazy welfare recipients that obama says don't have to work. it's totally u utterly completely untrue, but it gets the message across. and they have now down five of these ads saying president obama is the president of lazy welfare recipients taking your money. mitt romney is polling at 0% among black voters. given among how he is campaigning, maybe it's a number that we can trust. as for latino voters, the romney ryan ticket is polling very poorly. it's 63% to 28%. it's almost the same that mccain and palin lost by. is the republican national convention going to help them at the convention. he wrote in that they want the paper's please law for the whole country after that, the romney immigration advisor celebrated by suing the federal government today trying to stop the president's dream act program that
it's no surprise that president obama would win a big majority of american voters, but ver owe is kind of intense, right? obama and palin got 4%. what are they going? not much, but the fols charge that president obama weakened welfare giving away this hard working white man's money to lazy welfare recipients that obama says don't have to work. it's totally u utterly completely untrue, but it gets the message across. and they have now down five of these ads saying president obama is the...
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let's listen to stuart. >> the greatest appeal that the obama campaign had for hispanic voters turned out to be obama care, and they ran a tremendous amount of their advertising appealing to hispanic voters. it was the only place in their advertising where they talked about obama care was to the hispanic community because an extraordinary percentage of hispanic voters are uninsured. >> wow. president obama beat romney among hispanics, as we know, 71% to 27%. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. today's president's day, a holiday for most americans. a day we honor our presidents and shop for mattresses for some reason, and lots of books, of course, have been written about the exclusive club now. the exclusive club among presidents, relationships forged through the powerful singular experience of being elected occasionally are rivals. amateur psychologists might have a field day teasing out whether "w" was trying to compete with dad in his unfinished business by invading iraq and going after saddam. and the so-called black president, he was called that, bill clinton, was accused by some
let's listen to stuart. >> the greatest appeal that the obama campaign had for hispanic voters turned out to be obama care, and they ran a tremendous amount of their advertising appealing to hispanic voters. it was the only place in their advertising where they talked about obama care was to the hispanic community because an extraordinary percentage of hispanic voters are uninsured. >> wow. president obama beat romney among hispanics, as we know, 71% to 27%. we'll be right back....
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let's listen to stuart. >> the greatest appeal that the obama campaign had for hispanic voters turned out to be obama care, and they ran a tremendous amount of their advertising appealing to hispanic voters. it was the only place in their advertising where they talked about obama care was to the hispanic community because an extraordinary percentage of hispanic voters are uninsured. >> wow. president obama beat romney among hispanics as we know 71% to 27%. we'll be right back. hey, it's sara. i'm going pro. i've been using crest pro-health for a week. my dentist said it was gonna help transform my mouth. [ male announcer ] go pro. for a clean that's up to four times better, try these crest pro-health products together. [ sara ] i've been using crest pro-health. so far...it feels different. [ male announcer ] crest pro-health protects not just some, but all these areas dentists check most. my mouth feels healthier. it feels cleaner. i think my dentist is gonna see the difference. [ male announcer ] go pro with crest pro-health. i don't think i'll ever go back to another product. see. o
let's listen to stuart. >> the greatest appeal that the obama campaign had for hispanic voters turned out to be obama care, and they ran a tremendous amount of their advertising appealing to hispanic voters. it was the only place in their advertising where they talked about obama care was to the hispanic community because an extraordinary percentage of hispanic voters are uninsured. >> wow. president obama beat romney among hispanics as we know 71% to 27%. we'll be right back. hey,...
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obama did better among early voters. in a sense, you saw this ad that obama has taken out in battleground states which is almost a closing ad where he talks directly to the camera with new message of economic patriotism, and that's what you do at the end. it is the end or start of election month as opposed to election day. the obama people seem to have a better organizational handle on this than romney. >> the other thing we saw, a movement over time was the right direction, wrong trend. >> that's what's lifting an incumbent president. saw it especially in new hampshire where he opened a significant lead over mitt romney. >> what was the right track, wrong track? >> closed negative 20 points now to negative 7 points. still more people see it as not going well, but a huge change there, that plays an incumbent's way. >> how people read the state poll, it is about trends at this point. >> yeah. >> everything we come out with is a second poll in the last month. >> go through the same nine states. 110 electoral votes in the n
obama did better among early voters. in a sense, you saw this ad that obama has taken out in battleground states which is almost a closing ad where he talks directly to the camera with new message of economic patriotism, and that's what you do at the end. it is the end or start of election month as opposed to election day. the obama people seem to have a better organizational handle on this than romney. >> the other thing we saw, a movement over time was the right direction, wrong trend....
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not to sanction what he said, but his future should be up to the voters of his district. >> katty, another interesting point, political situation, in new york. governor paterson saying he will not pursue his campaign for governor, striking because here you have the obama administration who tried to get him to back out of this race months ago. now the scandal involving his administration and any potential will interference with the domestic violence situation involving one of his aides has come to the where he's still on the job and calling for his to resign outright. >> front page paper calls for his resignation. i think it's a suggestion that the white house's bid earlier to try to get him to resign is an indication of the limitations of the white house's clout when it comes to democrats all around the country. i mean, they've had this problem in elections across the country as well in trying to support democrats who didn't then get elected. it is something that makes the white house not look particularly powerful. >> you know, it's a measure of the kind of year it is for democrats. somet
not to sanction what he said, but his future should be up to the voters of his district. >> katty, another interesting point, political situation, in new york. governor paterson saying he will not pursue his campaign for governor, striking because here you have the obama administration who tried to get him to back out of this race months ago. now the scandal involving his administration and any potential will interference with the domestic violence situation involving one of his aides has...
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a new cnn poll shows president obama leading mitt romney among likely voters in ohio, 51% to 47%. president obama invoked a different 47% campaigning in ohio tonight. >> you know, it's interesting. in 2008, 47% of the country didn't vote for me. but on the night of the election i said to those americans, i may not have won your vote, but i hear your voices. i need your help. i'll be your president, too. >> the president also offered this reminder to ohio voters about jobs. >> ohio, when governor romney said we should let the auto industry go bankrupt, we said no. we're not going to take your advice. don't boo, vote. and we invented a dying auto industry. that supports one in eight ohio jobs and has come roaring back to the top of the world. >> joining me now are richard wolfe, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com and former ohio governor ted strikland. governor strickland, what do ohio voters want to hear from vice president biden in this debate this week? >> i think we want vice president biden to hang paul ryan budget around his and governor romney's neck. that budge
a new cnn poll shows president obama leading mitt romney among likely voters in ohio, 51% to 47%. president obama invoked a different 47% campaigning in ohio tonight. >> you know, it's interesting. in 2008, 47% of the country didn't vote for me. but on the night of the election i said to those americans, i may not have won your vote, but i hear your voices. i need your help. i'll be your president, too. >> the president also offered this reminder to ohio voters about jobs. >>...
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we all remember the 3m phone call ad that resonated so much with voters for hillary clinton. he's answered that call and then some. so this is another moment to krt credentials ahead of a campaign and opponent who attacks the very nature of that leadership. >> well, the wonderful thing you didn't mention is that if there's a 3 a.m. phone call right now, they would both be on the line, of course. they are talking to each other at 3:00 in the morning on this kind of stuff. chris, let's get back it politics for a minute. i think maybe the republicans who are -- they are certainly as smart as democrats and never noticed an iq difference, but they must not have anticipated the fact that at any moment the president could simply revert to his role as commander-in-chief, give up the arguments as to who's responsible for who deserves credit for catching and killing bin laden and focus on the fact that he is commander-in-chief. he is the incumbent president, not just a dart board for everything that goes wrong with the economy. but the vivid commandener chief of our troops as well. tha
we all remember the 3m phone call ad that resonated so much with voters for hillary clinton. he's answered that call and then some. so this is another moment to krt credentials ahead of a campaign and opponent who attacks the very nature of that leadership. >> well, the wonderful thing you didn't mention is that if there's a 3 a.m. phone call right now, they would both be on the line, of course. they are talking to each other at 3:00 in the morning on this kind of stuff. chris, let's get...
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ticket, because unlike romney the man actually can look authentic milking a w cow, it was president obama who was on offense today in iowa suggesting that voters that the trickle down sound you hear is not milk into a bucket. >> they think if we get rid of more restrictions on corporations, if if we end medicare as we know it, take up a voucher system, this will all lead to jobs and prosperity for everybody. they have tried to sell us this trickle down theory before. and, guess what, every time it's been tried, it has not worked. it did not work then. it won't work now. >> if the romney campaign is enjoying a momentary energy boost, the current vice president, joe biden, was down in north carolina today mocking the very idea of ryan as a bold, brave choice. romney's new wing man will be released in one year his tax returns to the public. gutsy indeed. former dnc chairman howard dean and former chairman, msnbc analyst michael steele. michael, i'm going to start with you. >> sure. >> we've heard the word bold ma many, many, many times. >> many times, yes. >> but he did face some heckling to
ticket, because unlike romney the man actually can look authentic milking a w cow, it was president obama who was on offense today in iowa suggesting that voters that the trickle down sound you hear is not milk into a bucket. >> they think if we get rid of more restrictions on corporations, if if we end medicare as we know it, take up a voucher system, this will all lead to jobs and prosperity for everybody. they have tried to sell us this trickle down theory before. and, guess what,...
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this came up in 2008 and obama was elected. to bring it up now, it's going to feel like old news. >> how are obama's people going to exploit this? >> i don't think the president benefits from an extended conversation about reverend wright. i think most voters think not only has it been litigated, they think it's racist. the people making the decision about this election wouldn't be persuaded by this, they would be offended by this. recent it was seriously considered is it was a bunch of rich fools sitting there thinking what can they do? >> in the proposed talks of jeremiah wright. >> i've been disappointed in the president's campaign to date which has been focused on character assassination. i just think we're wiser to talk about the issues of the day, what we do to get america working again and talk about our respe respective records, and so with that, i certainly hope that you get a chance to see our first ad. that will come up, i think, in a couple of days. it will be a positive ad about the things i would do if i were pres
this came up in 2008 and obama was elected. to bring it up now, it's going to feel like old news. >> how are obama's people going to exploit this? >> i don't think the president benefits from an extended conversation about reverend wright. i think most voters think not only has it been litigated, they think it's racist. the people making the decision about this election wouldn't be persuaded by this, they would be offended by this. recent it was seriously considered is it was a...
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so a total of 74% of republican voters in iowa say either president obama was not born in the united states or they're not sure. 74%. the republican establishment is at great pains to down play this birther thing, to say, oh, we don't believe the president isn't a citizen, not for a second, not for a moment, that's weird. but meanwhile, the big shot republican establishment has been sort of minimizing and winking and nodding at this birther issue, it has taken hold among the party's base and has the special convenient added bonus of having a potenial real political impact, a real impact on whether or not mr. obama is re-elected. if bobby jindal does sign this thing in louisiana or if all goes well during the public hearings in texas tomorrow or unless reason prevails in oklahoma, conceivably the president could be kept off the ballot in one or more of those states or the republican officials in those states could try to keep him off the ballot and, again, he could be diverted into legal challenges to try to get his name on there. this is an insane issue that excites the republican ba
so a total of 74% of republican voters in iowa say either president obama was not born in the united states or they're not sure. 74%. the republican establishment is at great pains to down play this birther thing, to say, oh, we don't believe the president isn't a citizen, not for a second, not for a moment, that's weird. but meanwhile, the big shot republican establishment has been sort of minimizing and winking and nodding at this birther issue, it has taken hold among the party's base and...
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as you point out, president obama has a comfortable lead over mitt romney when it comes to young voters but at the same time, our nbc news "wall street journal" poll also showed that only half of voters under the age of 35 are feeling highly energized and excited about this race. that's down by about 20 points from this point in 2008. there is a little bit of concern there. another problem for the president, the unemployment rate among young people right now is much higher than the national average. that's why to some extent you see this push and see him reaching out to young people, yesterday in ohio and today here in las vegas. making the point, as you played that sound bite from president obama, in a mitt romney and paul ryan's policies would be bad for college students, younger students you, making the point the ryan budget would slash 20% from education funding, republicans, though, martin, pushing back against that pretty hard today as well. they are say look, the president's policies have been bad for college age students and have saddled them with mountains of debt. mitt romney
as you point out, president obama has a comfortable lead over mitt romney when it comes to young voters but at the same time, our nbc news "wall street journal" poll also showed that only half of voters under the age of 35 are feeling highly energized and excited about this race. that's down by about 20 points from this point in 2008. there is a little bit of concern there. another problem for the president, the unemployment rate among young people right now is much higher than the...
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it allows them to microtarget, figure out who is a potential obama voter and communicate with that voter in an efficient and effective way and at the end of the day if a state goes by 500, 1,000 votes, that stuff on the margins can matter. >> it will be a tight race, all down to the messages. jim vandehei, nice to see you. thank you. >>> that will wrap things up for me. thanks for your time. see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern time. you can always follow me on twitter. don't go anywhere. "now" with alex wagner is coming up next. another edition from d.c. >>> every day without you is a day without sunshine, thomas. >> absence makes the heart grow fonder. >> it is, my friend. the heart is growing fonder. >>> the romney road trip winds down today in his original home state of michigan. how did governor romney and his road dogs make out? we will discuss. >>> plus, putin on the charm. did the russian president and the u.s. president make any headway at the g-20? >>> and from the department of undersold achievements, the affordable care act is actually working but is anybody actually
it allows them to microtarget, figure out who is a potential obama voter and communicate with that voter in an efficient and effective way and at the end of the day if a state goes by 500, 1,000 votes, that stuff on the margins can matter. >> it will be a tight race, all down to the messages. jim vandehei, nice to see you. thank you. >>> that will wrap things up for me. thanks for your time. see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern time. you can always follow me on twitter....
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. >>> plus president obama's approval with white voters is plummeting. is there anything the president can do to make that happen? also, payback time. the president was tough on wall street. now wall street is getting tough on them. a lot of democrats finding when they call call street for campaign contributions no one is home. and the oil spill. where have you heard this before. things aren't going as well in the gulf as expected. the giant skimmer deployed in the gulf, that i've been pushing for, that was supposed to scoop up the oil isn't working. is this nightmare ever going to end? >>> finally which party wins the white house in 2012. big sur prize. i think you know who it is. eugene robinson who loves this column is a columnist nor the "washington post." i don't know where to start except to say this guy, even on a bad news day is a good news story. here's michael steele last thursday at the republican fund-raiser in connecticut. he didn't know he was being taped. guess what, he was. let's listen. >> this was a war of obama's choosing. this was not
. >>> plus president obama's approval with white voters is plummeting. is there anything the president can do to make that happen? also, payback time. the president was tough on wall street. now wall street is getting tough on them. a lot of democrats finding when they call call street for campaign contributions no one is home. and the oil spill. where have you heard this before. things aren't going as well in the gulf as expected. the giant skimmer deployed in the gulf, that i've been...